Event : BDOTNETStudent Hands on Lab.
Date : 17th March 2007.
Venue : VIT College, Bangalore.
It all started a week ago when the HOL fell into place. It was an event that was long due and we were up for a surprise.
The planning was hectic. Whether it was 3-4 hours of standing at the printing press to get the tickets and the certificates printed or the 16 hours “CD burning marathon” that JK and me undertook, it was all great fun and we got more than what we had hoped for out of this event. It has always been a great exitement to hold User Group events, this time became one of the most special ones.
It was on the 16th that i started recieveing calls from the other student partners that the tickets were SOLD OUT !!! and they wanted more. Filling up 200 seats (the total capacity) was a great achievement, it was by far the largest HOL conducted by the BDOTNETStudent User Group. ( I will have to check for the other UG’s).
If that was not enough, on the day of the event we had 50 attendees extra than what we could accomodate. It was overwhelming, but we did not have enough place. We could not turn them down and hence had to manage it.
The sessions went on well too. I took two sessions. “ADO.NET ” and ” Advanced Winforms”. Both went really well and i was satisfied with my sessions.
The kind of support and encouragement that we recieved by the Principal, HOD, Staff and all the volunteers was unprecedented. Others should take an example out of the kind of support VIT management provided. Hats off Deepankar and his entire team.
All in all, it was a great day and i look forward to have many more such days.
